[thelist] FireFox and IIS Issue, I just Want PHP

Ken Schaefer Ken at adOpenStatic.com
Thu Mar 24 19:49:22 CST 2005


: -----Original Message-----
: From: thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org [mailto:thelist-
: bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Chris Heilmann
: Subject: RE: [thelist] FireFox and IIS Issue, I just Want PHP
:  
: However, that didn't answer the original question, and for the sake of
: leaving a good list archive with answers, could any IIS expert try to
: tackle it?

In order not to be prompted for a password:
a) anonymous access needs to be allowed in IIS
b) IIS needs to have the password for the configured anonymous user account
(in order to be able to impersonate that account)
c) the configured anonymous account needs NTFS Read access to the content
(pages) on the hard disk

It seems that OP has verified (a) and (b), however I haven't seen any mention
of (c). I would start by checking that the IUSR_<machinename> account has
appropriate NTFS access to any files in the webroot. 

The reason IE is working, and Firefox is not, is (I suspect) due to the fact
that IE can be configured to attempt to "automatically" logon with the
current interactively logged on user's credentials if the site is in the
local "Intranet" zone. Firefox doesn't do this OOB. Presumably OP is logged
in with administrator credentials, or some other credentials that do have
access to all the necessary files on the disk.

Cheers
Ken



 
: 
: >
: > 	You might also try Xitami ( www.xitami.com ).  I managed to set
: > this up with PHP years ago when I knew next to nothing about web servers
: > (so I know it's really easy to do).
: >
: > -----Original Message-----
: > From: thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org On Behalf Of Warren
: >
: > I'll give it a try.   Thanks!
: >
: >
: > -----Original Message-----
: > From: thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org On Behalf Of Jeroen Wijers
: >
: > maybe use apache2triad  :)
: > a very good and safe mysql-php-apache and more installer package!
: >
: > http://apache2triad.sourceforge.net/
: > ----- Original Message -----
: > From: "Warren" <warren at digital-crossroads.com>
: > To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
: > Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 12:11 PM
: > Subject: [thelist] FireFox and IIS Issue, I just Want PHP
: >
: >
: >>I have run into a problem with Firefire not being able to view the
: >>startup
: >>pages for IIS 5.1.  I recently reinstalled Windows XP Pro and didn't
: >>install IIS at the time.  I have just installed IIS 5.1 and attempted
: > to
: >>run it from FireFox and it gives me the "You are not authorized to view
: >
: >>this page" error.  However, when I run it from IE 6.0, the page
: > displays as
: >>it should.
: >>
: >> I have tried the Default Web Site > Properties > Directory Security >
: >> Edit
: >>  > Anonymous Access and checking the "Allow IIS control password" but
: > the
: >> problem still exist.
: >>
: >> What I want is to install PHP on the machine and run PHP with mySQL.
: >> I
: >> really don't want to bother with IIS.  I downloaded PHP with some
: > hooks to
: >> IIS and I ran into the FireFox error in IIS.
: >>
: >> What should I do?
: >>
: >>
: >> Warren Murray
: >> 404.518.7940
: >>
: >>
: >>
: >>
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